Reproductive Health of Women in Indian Slums: An Overview

This paper attempts to present an overview of reproductive health of women living in slums in India, here the paper endeavours to investigate and analyse reproductive health of women living in Indian slums in terms of various indicators of reproductive health like total fertility rate, contraception, antenatal care and child delivery practices, etc. The paper analyzes how unhygienic, unsanitary, overcrowded living condition in slums adversely affects health of the inhabitants in general and reproductive health of women in particular. The paper has reviewed major studies conducted on reproductive health of women in slums in different Indian cities and also has taken into account various government surveys and reports. The paper also explores possible explanations of the major reproductive health issues of women living in slums. The paper also looks into reproductive health situation of different slums within a city and also investigates reproductive health situation of slums of different cities.